Short comment: used renaissance gold mixed with a small amount of burnt sienna to push this canvas colors to fit better with the sandman theme. Also, I figured out why I ended up with a red background: at the time I was not aware that the process was guiding me towards creating a sunset effect. Strange how art evolves.
Spend much of tuesday night tweaking and re-painting, and wondering why is this canvas base is so red. I worked more yellow and a lot more orange in, losing it a couple of times. Towards the end of Tuesday night I new I had done not much except applied extra coats of paint making marginal changes. It was a frustrating that ended by just letting it go. On Wednesday I put down the musical flow using my own unique symbols.
What makes my style displaying the music flow unique? All you have to do is look at any sheet music. The notation on sheet music has the note heads that are almost in a laid down position. My symbols for note heads have evolved over the years. Today they are in a near standing position, much more dramatic effect. The only comparison is that they both have an oblong look. Finally, if you look at sheet music notes you will see that the stems are connected. The lines above or below my symbols never ever touch each other. What I do with music is unique.
scott von holzen
Last night was a struggle. I tried a number of colors to pull this together staying in the brown and yellow color fields; but I kept drifting to the reds. Finally, after putting on a heavy coat of yellow, that just did not work, and looked green where it was laid over the burnt sienna, I put the canvas on the floor. I then rolled in different reds diluted in water. Back on the easels it went and using some deep reds and a alizarin, we get what we got. Not sure this color will work with this song. That is a major issue. What colors can I introduce to swing this piece more in my direction? What can I do to this canvas surface to wake it up?
I try to predict each work’s progress and learn from the previous job; but each work tends to go its own direction and I just must deal with it and find the ways to make it all work.
scott von holzen
aRT iN mUSIC